Get Plans to build your own DIY 10x12 Shed! shop.fixthisbuildthat.com/collections/plan/products/modern-10x12-diy-shed-plans 🎥 What to Watch Next: DIY Shed Build Series: 1. Building a Shed Foundation - th-cam.com/video/XodcMhvfkXg/w-d-xo.html 2. Framing a Shed Alone - th-cam.com/video/cGqx95JVsws/w-d-xo.html 3. Roofing a Lean-To Shed - th-cam.com/video/Hv3EOTkR3xw/w-d-xo.html 4. DIY Shed Doors & Windows - th-cam.com/video/rp3rJUWJeKE/w-d-xo.html 5. Finishing My Overbuilt Shed - th-cam.com/video/uPO46hSpP0A/w-d-xo.html
Gonna purchase now but how difficult would it be to adapt this to a 16x12 design? Would there need to be changes in the roof design/pitch due to the span perhaps?
Well, I think I have looked through everything, but I do not see the reference for that door latch. I need one just like that. I have been looking for one of those for years.
As a professional video editor, I just want to say how impressed I am with the attention to detail in the audio beds. Nailing on beat with the music is something that not a lot of people would even notice, but I wanted to tell you that I see you. 👏👏🎬🎬
Thank you for your hard work both on site and on the camera. Thank you for showing us you’re human by making mistakes. A lot of us get the videos where everyone builds perfectly and they have no flaws. You are not like them. Bless your heart.
Drinking iced coffee in my air conditioned living room, nostalgically remembering the countless errors and false starts when building my house- and watching you do it all correctly. Your shed turned out so well! Tired of high rent, 35 years ago I decided to build a house on a 4 acre unimproved lot 25 miles out of town. My experience was markedly different than yours for several reasons. I was whatever a level below ‘amateur’ is called - I knew less than nothing about building. There were no cell phones yet, no Internet, no TH-cam tutorials. Cordless tools were still off on the horizon. Oh, and I had no money. After 12 years, I declared it was done enough. I learned I could do things on my own and mastered many useful basic skills. The other big thing I learned is that most any mistake can be corrected -- or can be covered with paint and caulk!
I do not have the skills, tools, land, budget, need or indeed even the inclination to go and build something like this. But gosh darn it I enjoyed watching you do it! That was a great build. Came out awesome
Built a shed a few years ago. A bit smaller but it was my first ever build from scratch and I watched a ton of videos trying to learn how to do it. This video takes the cake for sure. Super informative and detailed. Almost makes me want to build another one!
This video is super well made. There’s, like, cinematography in it. Clearly part of the video creation process - not an afterthought. A refreshing change from the rest of the woodfluencers!
I saw that this was a 2-hour video and I was like well that is long, maybe I'll fast forward through some of it, but then I would rewind cause I thought I may have missed a part....so after a couple of breaks here and there I ended up watching and enjoying the entire video. Thank you. Great build. Sure it may have taken way longer than just buying a ready made one, but here not only does this look way better, end up being much cheaper. But also you know everything that went into it and will really appreciate it every time you see it.
Top tip: make the digging fun by renting a mini excavator. Just bought a custom 12x16 shed and doing a 16x20 base for it. Had a tree removed and stump ground with all millings left on top next to where the shed goes. Got it all cleared out and half dug within an hour, and it was great fun
Built a similar design (even has 3 plexiglass windows) 2 years ago, made some of the same mistakes as well as some brand new ones! Still standing, looks good and does the job. Well done, Brad!
wow! i helped my dad build a shed a few years back and it would have helped a lot to know all these tips, i'll definitely come back to this whenever i build another!
I build fences for a living. Been doing it for a year now. I recently discovered the trenching/clearing shovel when I took a job to bury an electrical line (2 ft) recently. It works 10 times better than the shovels you used. I paid $40 for it but would have bought it for $80 had I known its utility beforehand. Outstanding video. Thank you for sharing.
I built a similar shed and found it to be sweltering hot inside. I bought some r-13 insulation, installed it in the walls and roof as well as another covering inside of OSB. The transformation was nothing short of a miracle in the interior temperature as well as nice walls on the inside. I would never again not do it.
Very nice job and thanks for sharing the total costs in addition to the breakdown costs along the way. Our son turns 21 in less than 3 weeks and is low functioning autistic. We bought some property and since he will always live with us, we hope to build him a tiny bachelor pad in the next year so he can have a little bit of independence and we all can have some privacy. Right now I’m accumulating a lot of the building materials gradually at auctions so we are saving a ton of money, but it’s interesting to see your costs given that there will be things that we will probably have to buy at HD, Lowes or Menards.
@@sociopathmercenary This sort of project will take more than 40 hours. My best guess is 200-250 hours when you account for all of the ordering/hauling/cutting/incidentals. It's a big project to be sure.
@@charlesellison5999 I seriously doubt that, but we're not all "actual carpenters". Most of us have different jobs, and we DIY to save cash and learn new skills. With that in mind, set expectations accordingly. Assume that a person building this doesn't have the experience of a master tradesman.
The deer tripped me up, had to watch that part a couple times. because the first time I only saw it die and was like what was that lol. Great Easter Egg.
Tip for those getting a load of gravel delivered - OSB is expensive, don't use that for dumping the stone on. Use a tarp for dump truck loads of materials delivered. The tarp also has the benefit of making it easier to get up all of it. Shovel the pile to just a skim on the tarp, then lift the tarp to consolidate the material into a pile.
I made a similar build for a shed in my backyard a couple of years ago. I did not finish quite as well as you did. The roof is not as nice, I didn't weather-proof it as thoroughly as you did, and I got cheaper on door hardware, but I think it still looks pretty nice. It has the three windows over the front double-door and one little window on the side. I think your shed is a couple feet bigger. The most expensive part was the 4x8 engineered siding I used. I spent about $2300.
Great job on the roofing installation! I really appreciate how you meticulously tackle each step, from setting up the drip edge to laying down the shingles. It’s nice to see you solving challenges as they come and using new tools to enhance the process. Which part did you find the most challenging?
I got an 8 x16 w double shed doors, with panel siding and a window, shed roof, delivered for about 4,500 back in August… freedom sheds in northern az… if you can swing it and aren’t set up for diy… time constraint… that’s probably a rock bottom price for what I got… but, hopefully next summer I’ll be in a position to start building myself… i just needed something asap for a new property. Can’t wait to start building myself.
1:38:49 Did you read installation instruction? When installing LP SmartSide siding, the recommended nailing pattern is to nail from the center of the siding towards the ends; this means you should never nail from the ends of the siding towards the middle, always working from the center outwards to ensure proper installation and prevent warping.
Just to explain what you get with store bought. For a 12x16 shed with a barn style roof and loft area, you will easily pay 10,000 or more. Made with mosty 2x3s and OSB, maybe a window, and a few specialty devices. DIY you can build it with 2x4s and bigger with windows and loft area for around 5,000.
It tickled me a bit when you recommended safety glasses 40 min into a video well after framing up foundation, flooring and walls lol love the content brother you’ve got an awesome attitude
At about 48 minutes in, you mention the perpendicular “blocking” at the angled sides of the shed, those members are actually called lookouts. I don’t know if anyone has mentioned that, but that is actually relatively widely used in roof framing.
I hope you don't have any problems with the roof leaking. Should have used roll roofing. Shingles are not suppose to be used on a roof with a pitch of less then 4/12
Nice build! I looked at the cheapest DIY kit at the big box stores for a 8x12 shed and it was $2,500. I would still need to build it myself and I've heard the lumber in those kits is the worst. I called a few local builders and found a guy company that would build me a shed with the same dimensions, a higher roof, and better framing for the same $2,500 price as the kit alone, and actually not much more than me buying all of the materials myself retail. If you need a shed dfefinitely shop around local builders to see if you can find a deal.
Thank you for the awesome build and camera work! I appreciate all the little pro tips and tricks. I’ve start my own 10 x 16 lean to style shed. What color did you use?
Absolutely fantastic build Brad! Curious, did you consider using something like Lexel around the exterior edges when doing the subfloor, and when you set the plates?
Great job. Very details and long video but I watched it all. It have wanted to do this but I do not have carpenter skills like you do. BTW at your ending (2:01 marker) looks like you missed painting the middle door hingers.. Do you need to tie it down on the bottom of the corners, just in case heavy winds will blow it away?
That price is nuts, i have a shed 10x12 shed I bought from Home Depot pre covid, it sold for 900.00 at the time. Currently the same shed is damn near $3.5k... outrageous.
Just a thought...your foundation costs were $877 but with a lot of work and time. Factoring your labor and time would it have been better to pour a slab?
Well since he's making money off of this video because it's amazing content, his time was basically an investment on return which will definitely be more than what he would've paid for someone to pour the concrete which wouldn't have made for good content. His channel is based on "DIY" not "make a phone a phone call and have someone and pay someone thousands of dollars to do it for you" lol
Twenty years ago I built a garden house for my wife. It is 12 by 16 feet and is in every way a miniature house, with concrete (on gravel) foundation, underground wiring and water, insulated walls, and even a skylight. I agree: if you are going to the trouble that this fellow did for an elaborate shed, pour a slab.
OR just set those 4x6s on blocks and build on that. This is how most houses down here in Texas were built prior to the 40s, and lots of those are still doing fine. You can put sheet metal over the blocks to stop termites. You can stack 2 to 4 blocks high and put them every 4 to 6 feet. ... gets your building high and dry... Also a shed is a great place to use salvage wood. Tons of wood goes into landfill. Look around and adapt your design to use your free wood. Do the outside with patina wood or even old painted boards to make it look old.....I have built several sheds, and I have also torn down wood houses by hand for the lumber. What I learned is that wood is very strong. This project is super nice., but it is absurdly overbuilt. SERIOUSLY like a third of this much lumber would do it. But maybe he has a lot of tornadoes. : ) ... Also, when buying nail gun nails get ring shanked. Holds way stronger.
When all you care about is the time and money, why not just buy a shed and have it delivered. If you decide to BUILD a shed to suit YOUR needs, there is no reason to factor in OTHER'S opinions. It's like someone telling him that he really should have built a bigger shed or a taller shed or a metal roof or gutters or whatever. I'm neck deep in building a 12×20 shed right now. And I find that everyone and their brother knows exactly what I'm doing wrong somehow. But, I'm the only one doing it. So, who knows my needs better than me?? You? My neighbors? A random you tube guy??
My advice for measuring the long pieces next to the windows is, don't measure. Take a long furring strip, or whatever you have available. Butt it up against the top or bottom of the trim and tack or glue shorter pieces to it that are butted against the side trim and you will have a template for the piece you need to cut.
Actually, I would temporarily glue the furring strip to the previous piece of siding in the exact spot where the new siding will overlap. Then glue thin pieces to that to create a template that simulates the depth and width of the cuts needed to wrap the window.
Dang man that was a great build and a doozy of a video but I made it through! haha! I liked the approach of the door. I already have a minibarn/shed that's a similar size I need to widen the doors on because my mower with the deck won't fit it's about 3 inches too narrow so I'm going to widen the doorway and build new doors for it. I think I might use these doors as an inspiration for it!
Hello, great job on the shed. Looks incredible. I want to use Smartside for the corners as well, but the manufacturer and other 'experts" say not to miter them. Have you had any issues with them coming apart or otherwise failing in any way? BTW, the retail price for their pre-made Smartside corners is about $135 each for 5/4x4' x8ft.
You bit yourself already a few times, and 1you built a sauna!! That's why the front and 1:18:34 rear sofits should be perferated for ventilation. And 2. When you built the lamination, lyou never glued and screwed!! Now that when you fix the sofits l, you need to put a cardboard vents between the very front to the very back. Then run some insulation under underneath the cardbord.. free cooling..😊😊~~Cris H
2/12 roof requires ice and water guard, regardless of your sheathing type. Also, your starter course needs to be actual starter course for manufacturer's warranty.
21 degree nails are most available. You can get the Banks framing nailerfrom Harbor Freight for between 90 and 120 bucks. Their little pancake compressor will keep up with one nailer used by a novice. I have a 28 degree nailer and I usually have to pre-order if I want to use it. With the compressor, hoses and fittings, and nailer you will have less invested than if you bought a Milwaukee cordless framing nailer. On the other hand, you can get a very nice framing hammer for 40 bucks.
@ I’ll spend the couple hundred at harbor freight before the 4 or 5 on the Milwaukee but both are worth it to save the time and a busted finger or two over the hammer. Thank you sir.
Get Plans to build your own DIY 10x12 Shed! shop.fixthisbuildthat.com/collections/plan/products/modern-10x12-diy-shed-plans
🎥 What to Watch Next:
DIY Shed Build Series:
1. Building a Shed Foundation - th-cam.com/video/XodcMhvfkXg/w-d-xo.html
2. Framing a Shed Alone - th-cam.com/video/cGqx95JVsws/w-d-xo.html
3. Roofing a Lean-To Shed - th-cam.com/video/Hv3EOTkR3xw/w-d-xo.html
4. DIY Shed Doors & Windows - th-cam.com/video/rp3rJUWJeKE/w-d-xo.html
5. Finishing My Overbuilt Shed - th-cam.com/video/uPO46hSpP0A/w-d-xo.html
Gonna purchase now but how difficult would it be to adapt this to a 16x12 design? Would there need to be changes in the roof design/pitch due to the span perhaps?
1/2'' plywood x 3 $107.. The other prices seem low too... But seriously only 3 sheets of plywood?
Well, I think I have looked through everything, but I do not see the reference for that door latch. I need one just like that. I have been looking for one of those for years.
As a professional video editor, I just want to say how impressed I am with the attention to detail in the audio beds. Nailing on beat with the music is something that not a lot of people would even notice, but I wanted to tell you that I see you. 👏👏🎬🎬
Totally agree, subtle things like this make a huge difference.
Thank you for your hard work both on site and on the camera.
Thank you for showing us you’re human by making mistakes. A lot of us get the videos where everyone builds perfectly and they have no flaws.
You are not like them. Bless your heart.
Drinking iced coffee in my air conditioned living room, nostalgically remembering the countless errors and false starts when building my house- and watching you do it all correctly. Your shed turned out so well!
Tired of high rent, 35 years ago I decided to build a house on a 4 acre unimproved lot 25 miles out of town. My experience was markedly different than yours for several reasons. I was whatever a level below ‘amateur’ is called - I knew less than nothing about building. There were no cell phones yet, no Internet, no TH-cam tutorials. Cordless tools were still off on the horizon. Oh, and I had no money. After 12 years, I declared it was done enough. I learned I could do things on my own and mastered many useful basic skills. The other big thing I learned is that most any mistake can be corrected -- or can be covered with paint and caulk!
I can only imagine the pride of living day in and day out in a structure you built yourself. Love the story!
caulk and paint will make it what it aint.
I do not have the skills, tools, land, budget, need or indeed even the inclination to go and build something like this. But gosh darn it I enjoyed watching you do it! That was a great build. Came out awesome
It's probably the best shed video to date. Watched the whole thing.
Thanks, you're awesome!
Love that you’re having your son trying out and teaching him how to use tools!
Everyone make mistakes that's what we call life, no one is perfect.. I love the way you sealed everything from the weather..
Amen to that!
Built a shed a few years ago. A bit smaller but it was my first ever build from scratch and I watched a ton of videos trying to learn how to do it. This video takes the cake for sure. Super informative and detailed. Almost makes me want to build another one!
Same story, same reaction.
This video is super well made. There’s, like, cinematography in it. Clearly part of the video creation process - not an afterthought. A refreshing change from the rest of the woodfluencers!
I saw that this was a 2-hour video and I was like well that is long, maybe I'll fast forward through some of it, but then I would rewind cause I thought I may have missed a part....so after a couple of breaks here and there I ended up watching and enjoying the entire video. Thank you. Great build. Sure it may have taken way longer than just buying a ready made one, but here not only does this look way better, end up being much cheaper. But also you know everything that went into it and will really appreciate it every time you see it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This guy did an outstanding job on this project, i gave him five out of five stars. Good 👍 job!
His total cost was $3,900 without including any additional tool cost. You’re welcome.
Thanks. The thumbnail had a misleading 1 at the beginning
Can you make a video „How you planned your shed before building it?“ that would be a super interesting video project I’m sure people would love it!
Top tip: make the digging fun by renting a mini excavator. Just bought a custom 12x16 shed and doing a 16x20 base for it. Had a tree removed and stump ground with all millings left on top next to where the shed goes. Got it all cleared out and half dug within an hour, and it was great fun
Built a similar design (even has 3 plexiglass windows) 2 years ago, made some of the same mistakes as well as some brand new ones! Still standing, looks good and does the job. Well done, Brad!
Leaving myself this comment as a timestamp to finish watching at 28:20 - Great stuff.
wow! i helped my dad build a shed a few years back and it would have helped a lot to know all these tips, i'll definitely come back to this whenever i build another!
I build fences for a living. Been doing it for a year now. I recently discovered the trenching/clearing shovel when I took a job to bury an electrical line (2 ft) recently. It works 10 times better than the shovels you used. I paid $40 for it but would have bought it for $80 had I known its utility beforehand. Outstanding video. Thank you for sharing.
On the windows if you cut a x like you did you can staple the house rap to the frame for extra protection
Great job. Loved the Norm Abram reference.
Great job! Please notify that TH-cam was doing 1 minute ads every 6.5 minutes of your video. This took FOREVER to watch.
It would be a long list of the things you did RIGHT! Very well done. P.S. even the pro framers often don’t use a story stick!
I’m here for the algorithm. I already watched them all individually but it’s good background. 👍
you are a saint :)
I built a similar shed and found it to be sweltering hot inside. I bought some r-13 insulation, installed it in the walls and roof as well as another covering inside of OSB. The transformation was nothing short of a miracle in the interior temperature as well as nice walls on the inside. I would never again not do it.
Very nice job and thanks for sharing the total costs in addition to the breakdown costs along the way. Our son turns 21 in less than 3 weeks and is low functioning autistic. We bought some property and since he will always live with us, we hope to build him a tiny bachelor pad in the next year so he can have a little bit of independence and we all can have some privacy. Right now I’m accumulating a lot of the building materials gradually at auctions so we are saving a ton of money, but it’s interesting to see your costs given that there will be things that we will probably have to buy at HD, Lowes or Menards.
ngl... that $8k shed looks like a pretty good deal when i see all that work! great job brad.
Even if it took you 40 hours to build it, That's $100 an hour
@@sociopathmercenary I'm older and my time and stress is way more valuable now than it used to be!
@@sociopathmercenary This sort of project will take more than 40 hours. My best guess is 200-250 hours when you account for all of the ordering/hauling/cutting/incidentals. It's a big project to be sure.
@@Philitron128no it isn’t this is a one day project for an actual carpenter
@@charlesellison5999 I seriously doubt that, but we're not all "actual carpenters". Most of us have different jobs, and we DIY to save cash and learn new skills.
With that in mind, set expectations accordingly. Assume that a person building this doesn't have the experience of a master tradesman.
Amazing project, watched start to finish 👏🏾🔥
fantastic job, and actually amazing edition. Great video
The deer tripped me up, had to watch that part a couple times. because the first time I only saw it die and was like what was that lol. Great Easter Egg.
I enjoyed watching you put this together - it turned out beautiful - good job!!
Really nice job. Thanks for sharing.
i'm just getting into building as a hobby, and that sleeper beam blew my mind. great content!
nice work brother!
Thanks, Matt!
Thank you for the Awesome Vid. It Really helped me out in doing a siding and roofing project. Since covid I can't find a real carpenter anymore.
Tip for those getting a load of gravel delivered - OSB is expensive, don't use that for dumping the stone on. Use a tarp for dump truck loads of materials delivered. The tarp also has the benefit of making it easier to get up all of it. Shovel the pile to just a skim on the tarp, then lift the tarp to consolidate the material into a pile.
great tip. the OSB I used was the beat up stuff from teardown of the interior of old shop. definitely wouldn't have bought OSB for that purpose
Great video!. Well executed, edited and plenty of detail without ever being boring.
I made a similar build for a shed in my backyard a couple of years ago. I did not finish quite as well as you did. The roof is not as nice, I didn't weather-proof it as thoroughly as you did, and I got cheaper on door hardware, but I think it still looks pretty nice. It has the three windows over the front double-door and one little window on the side. I think your shed is a couple feet bigger. The most expensive part was the 4x8 engineered siding I used.
I spent about $2300.
Great job on the roofing installation! I really appreciate how you meticulously tackle each step, from setting up the drip edge to laying down the shingles. It’s nice to see you solving challenges as they come and using new tools to enhance the process. Which part did you find the most challenging?
I got an 8 x16 w double shed doors, with panel siding and a window, shed roof, delivered for about 4,500 back in August… freedom sheds in northern az… if you can swing it and aren’t set up for diy… time constraint… that’s probably a rock bottom price for what I got… but, hopefully next summer I’ll be in a position to start building myself… i just needed something asap for a new property. Can’t wait to start building myself.
Looks great and thanks for putting together this excellent montage. Beautiful and inspiring property you got there.
Beautiful shed. ❤
thanks, love how it turned out
Just came to add to the Norm comments...Great shout out to Norm with the Safety Glasses!!
I've been inspired and just order the plans. Looking forward to getting started. Thanks for the great videos!
Well done!
1:38:49 Did you read installation instruction?
When installing LP SmartSide siding, the recommended nailing pattern is to nail from the center of the siding towards the ends; this means you should never nail from the ends of the siding towards the middle, always working from the center outwards to ensure proper installation and prevent warping.
OMG!!!! this is amazing! Gosh you're one patient human being haha 😅😂😊
yes, patient. i like that explanation
I had to do something similar on my property. To help move the dirt, I tilled the dirt, which allowed it to be moved with a steel rake and shovel.
I love the full video!❤
Came out awesome
Such an awesome, entertaining, and WELL EDITED video! Seriously those edits with the hammering were on point!! Excellent job.
Thanks! Our editor Chris is a magician
Fun to watching and respect your skill.
HaHaHa, the ghost deer had me almost spill my beer 😀 Almost did not see it...
Oh, and now I saw it a second time 😀
Awesome video!!! Thanks!👍
Great job! Congratulations ftom Italy🇮🇹👋♥️
Thank you!
Just to explain what you get with store bought. For a 12x16 shed with a barn style roof and loft area, you will easily pay 10,000 or more. Made with mosty 2x3s and OSB, maybe a window, and a few specialty devices. DIY you can build it with 2x4s and bigger with windows and loft area for around 5,000.
WOW you built that in 2 hours!!
It tickled me a bit when you recommended safety glasses 40 min into a video well after framing up foundation, flooring and walls lol love the content brother you’ve got an awesome attitude
Long form let’s gooooo
Great build
@Fixthisbuildthat thank you for this excellent video, it helps. If you could add any ideas for insulating the door, pls add or suggest some ideas.
At about 48 minutes in, you mention the perpendicular “blocking” at the angled sides of the shed, those members are actually called lookouts. I don’t know if anyone has mentioned that, but that is actually relatively widely used in roof framing.
I hope you don't have any problems with the roof leaking. Should have used roll roofing. Shingles are not suppose to be used on a roof with a pitch of less then 4/12
Good Job 😊…!
lol the deer lightning strike 😂
Please do a sauna build. There are others on here but man your vids are top notch. 🍻Canada
Nice build! I looked at the cheapest DIY kit at the big box stores for a 8x12 shed and it was $2,500. I would still need to build it myself and I've heard the lumber in those kits is the worst. I called a few local builders and found a guy company that would build me a shed with the same dimensions, a higher roof, and better framing for the same $2,500 price as the kit alone, and actually not much more than me buying all of the materials myself retail.
If you need a shed dfefinitely shop around local builders to see if you can find a deal.
This video is genuinely helpful. Thank you.
How do you know, you haven't even watched it?
@@riba2233your comment is genuinely helpful. Thank you.
@@Tooyule np, thank you for your kind words.
@@riba2233you're welcome, Sir
Good ole New Yankee Workshop reference at 40:28... got me right in the nostalgia...
Thank you for the awesome build and camera work! I appreciate all the little pro tips and tricks. I’ve start my own 10 x 16 lean to style shed. What color did you use?
Absolutely fantastic build Brad!
Curious, did you consider using something like Lexel around the exterior edges when doing the subfloor, and when you set the plates?
Great job. Very details and long video but I watched it all. It have wanted to do this but I do not have carpenter skills like you do. BTW at your ending (2:01 marker) looks like you missed painting the middle door hingers.. Do you need to tie it down on the bottom of the corners, just in case heavy winds will blow it away?
Good job!
That price is nuts, i have a shed 10x12 shed I bought from Home Depot pre covid, it sold for 900.00 at the time. Currently the same shed is damn near $3.5k... outrageous.
Just a thought...your foundation costs were $877 but with a lot of work and time. Factoring your labor and time would it have been better to pour a slab?
Well since he's making money off of this video because it's amazing content, his time was basically an investment on return which will definitely be more than what he would've paid for someone to pour the concrete which wouldn't have made for good content. His channel is based on "DIY" not "make a phone a phone call and have someone and pay someone thousands of dollars to do it for you" lol
Slabs are bad for sheds, unless you have drains in it and top it with gravel
Twenty years ago I built a garden house for my wife. It is 12 by 16 feet and is in every way a miniature house, with concrete (on gravel) foundation, underground wiring and water, insulated walls, and even a skylight. I agree: if you are going to the trouble that this fellow did for an elaborate shed, pour a slab.
OR just set those 4x6s on blocks and build on that. This is how most houses down here in Texas were built prior to the 40s, and lots of those are still doing fine. You can put sheet metal over the blocks to stop termites. You can stack 2 to 4 blocks high and put them every 4 to 6 feet. ... gets your building high and dry... Also a shed is a great place to use salvage wood. Tons of wood goes into landfill. Look around and adapt your design to use your free wood. Do the outside with patina wood or even old painted boards to make it look old.....I have built several sheds, and I have also torn down wood houses by hand for the lumber. What I learned is that wood is very strong. This project is super nice., but it is absurdly overbuilt. SERIOUSLY like a third of this much lumber would do it. But maybe he has a lot of tornadoes. : ) ... Also, when buying nail gun nails get ring shanked. Holds way stronger.
When all you care about is the time and money, why not just buy a shed and have it delivered. If you decide to BUILD a shed to suit YOUR needs, there is no reason to factor in OTHER'S opinions. It's like someone telling him that he really should have built a bigger shed or a taller shed or a metal roof or gutters or whatever.
I'm neck deep in building a 12×20 shed right now. And I find that everyone and their brother knows exactly what I'm doing wrong somehow. But, I'm the only one doing it. So, who knows my needs better than me?? You? My neighbors? A random you tube guy??
No need for flashing on the vent blocking. Cut a bevel on the top edge and caulk everything well.
This is awesome! How much does it cost to look like I know what I'm doing on a slightly smaller, slightly similar build? 🤔
How long should the rebar be to really anchor down? How long were your pieces?
My advice for measuring the long pieces next to the windows is, don't measure.
Take a long furring strip, or whatever you have available. Butt it up against the top or bottom of the trim and tack or glue shorter pieces to it that are butted against the side trim and you will have a template for the piece you need to cut.
Actually, I would temporarily glue the furring strip to the previous piece of siding in the exact spot where the new siding will overlap. Then glue thin pieces to that to create a template that simulates the depth and width of the cuts needed to wrap the window.
A family member bought one of these 4 wheel carts this summer. They are much better than her old cart that she gave us.
Dang man that was a great build and a doozy of a video but I made it through! haha! I liked the approach of the door. I already have a minibarn/shed that's a similar size I need to widen the doors on because my mower with the deck won't fit it's about 3 inches too narrow so I'm going to widen the doorway and build new doors for it. I think I might use these doors as an inspiration for it!
40:33 BEST QUOTE EVER!!!! IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!!!!!
Do your plans have a calculator for expanding the dimensions of the project?
Like if i want a 20'W x 12ft D?
It's funny that here in Europe a concrete foundation would've been way cheaper. Wood is crazy expensive nowadays.
...and better!
Would the vbar that directly touch soil rust very fast?
Hello, great job on the shed. Looks incredible. I want to use Smartside for the corners as well, but the manufacturer and other 'experts" say not to miter them. Have you had any issues with them coming apart or otherwise failing in any way? BTW, the retail price for their pre-made Smartside corners is about $135 each for 5/4x4' x8ft.
I've not seen any negative effects yet 👍
The minimum pitch for roof shingles is 3/12
*The Shed Turned really Great Awesome, The Music and Editing is Awesome Loved it!!* 👍🏻
*Watched the whole video again* 🇮🇳❤️
😂ghost deer. Thank god I had my coffee…. Thought I was hallucinating
You bit yourself already a few times, and 1you built a sauna!! That's why the front and 1:18:34 rear sofits should be perferated for ventilation. And 2. When you built the lamination, lyou never glued and screwed!! Now that when you fix the sofits l, you need to put a cardboard vents between the very front to the very back. Then run some insulation under underneath the cardbord.. free cooling..😊😊~~Cris H
2/12 roof requires ice and water guard, regardless of your sheathing type. Also, your starter course needs to be actual starter course for manufacturer's warranty.
I remember back in 2006, a TuffShed that size was like $1,800.
Have a custom shed with ac etc. Anyway, be careful with carpenter ants, i just noticed them eating the 2x6s. So its war now
amish built 10x16 sheds here with 2 windows and a double door, metal roof, going for around $3,400 delivered.
Where can I find contact infos?
How many hours do you have into this project?
Norm Abrams would be proud!
Loved the Norm callouts
During my early teen years, my parents bought a new decent sized shed for only $1,200. I wouldn't be surprised if it's worth 3x as much now.
How many times did you get hit opening it up?
How many man hours did it take to make it? That should be taken into consideration too
I don't have a framing nailer. But want to do a shed soon. Do the degree actually matter?
21 degree nails are most available. You can get the Banks framing nailerfrom Harbor Freight for between 90 and 120 bucks. Their little pancake compressor will keep up with one nailer used by a novice. I have a 28 degree nailer and I usually have to pre-order if I want to use it. With the compressor, hoses and fittings, and nailer you will have less invested than if you bought a Milwaukee cordless framing nailer.
On the other hand, you can get a very nice framing hammer for 40 bucks.
@ I’ll spend the couple hundred at harbor freight before the 4 or 5 on the Milwaukee but both are worth it to save the time and a busted finger or two over the hammer. Thank you sir.